Hot Rods Ford OHV V8 Engines of the 1950's.

You like the net so much..... google it!

 

I LIKE THE FORUM SO MUCH THAT IS WHY I ASKED.
I never mentioned the Net...

 

I bought what was supposed to be a 292 but turned out to be a EBY casting so it’s a 256 merc I’m wondering if the exhaust manifolds from a 272 or 292 will fit the 256? Oh and the 256 exhaust is EBU cast ?

 

All of YBlocks 239-256-272-292-312 share the same exhaust manifold pattern. 57–64 flow a little better than the 54-56. The later have flat tops.

 

Thank you for the information. Do you know if any other parts will interchange?

 

The Y got its name from the crank being up in the block. That being said the 332-up were y blocks too. The 221 ohv in 1962 was their first with the crank 1/2 out the block.

 

GAA was a WW2 tank engine

 

How does the tank engine come into my 256 mercury questions?

 

Stream of consciousness, I guess. Since no one has mentioned it yet, the MEL engines were similar to the Chevrolet 348/409 in that the cylinder heads resembled diesel heads, with no combustion chamber. It was formed by the piston crown in the cylinder itself.

 

Most of them were considered "ALL" blocks! After the flathead and before the FE. AFAIK
6sally6

 

No they were not. Ford, Merc used a Y block valve in head from '54 into the '60s. Lincoln introduced the y block in '52. In '58 they introduced the FE and the MEL for mercs and Lincolns. The Y block was still considered to be a Y block. The SBF was introduced in then'60s.

Google Y block to get instant gratification on displacements. I will help but I will not help if you are not willing to do some of the leg work.

 

You would "hear" that in HAMB mythology- where "cheap" is a synonym with "superior" lol

 

Wow. So only your questions should be answered? You just got a wealth of knowledge here absorb it and move on.

 

Things that need clearing up Big block- small block is if weight or displacement a Studebaker 224 weighs 685 lbs whill a 500 Cadillac comes in a 625 we have the Y block ford so is a B block mopar and almost every new v8

 

There’s a forum just for Y-blocks.
http://www.y-blocksforever.com/
Lots of good info over there.

 

Never heard of "Big block, Small block" until the 396 came out. Mouse motor, rat motor. Before then it was V-8 or straight 6. So easy....

 

An FE lover I know confessed to me that, all too often, it stands for "****in' expensive ".